Fort Hays State University
Hays, Kansas · Public
Graduate earnings
27of 28 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical Kansas high-school graduate (about $34,887 a year). 1 falls short.
28 of 55 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 27: 23 with no earnings published and 4 with nothing reported. 6 verdicts use 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 23 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$12,569 a year By family income
What it would cost
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, as reported for students who received federal aid.
Average for all families
$12,569 a year
About $50,276 over 4 years, if price and aid stay the same.
This multiplies the reported yearly net price by the years you choose. It is not a quote or a prediction: it leaves out interest, price rises and the chance of taking longer to finish.
Net price for every income band
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $7,661 |
| $30k to $48k | $9,776 |
| $48k to $75k | $11,941 |
| $75k to $110k | $14,266 |
| $110k and up | $16,641 |
| All families (average) | $12,569 |
College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Bands with no figure were not reported by the school.
Program earnings
Median earnings of each program’s graduates against a typical Kansas high-school graduate ($34,887 a year).
41 of 78 programs could be assessed 53% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | Bachelor's Degree | $64,524 | +$29,637 | clears the bar | $15,000 | 0.5 yrs | 409 |
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $61,153 | +$26,266 | clears the bar | $20,500 | 0.8 yrs | 381 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $50,6901-year earnings | +$15,803 | clears the bar (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 230 |
| Education | Master's Degree | $55,830 | +$20,943 | above HS line | $19,950 | 1.0 yrs | 192 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | $45,190 | +$10,303 | clears the bar | $24,169 | 2.3 yrs | 143 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $53,176 | +$18,289 | clears the bar | $18,625 | 1.0 yrs | 141 |
| Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $79,957 | +$45,070 | clears the bar | $15,842 | 0.4 yrs | 131 |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $51,898 | +$17,011 | clears the bar | $20,062 | 1.2 yrs | 98 |
| Special Education | Master's Degree | $60,958 | +$26,071 | above HS line | $27,127 | 1.0 yrs | 96 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Bachelor's Degree | $53,945 | +$19,058 | clears the bar | $19,124 | 1.0 yrs | 94 |
| Computer Programming | Bachelor's Degree | $73,380 | +$38,493 | clears the bar | $19,591 | 0.5 yrs | 82 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Master's Degree | $66,697 | +$31,810 | above HS line | $28,476 | 0.9 yrs | 73 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $98,630 | +$63,743 | above HS line | $24,697 | 0.4 yrs | 72 |
| Management Information Systems | Bachelor's Degree | $55,1111-year earnings | +$20,224 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $19,000 | 0.9 yrs | 67 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Master's Degree | $51,758 | +$16,871 | above HS line | $32,037 | 1.9 yrs | 64 |
| Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment | Bachelor's Degree | $58,463 | +$23,576 | clears the bar | $25,500 | 1.1 yrs | 52 |
| Information Science | Bachelor's Degree | $67,823 | +$32,936 | clears the bar | $23,747 | 0.7 yrs | 50 |
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | $71,570 | +$36,683 | above HS line | $22,766 | 0.6 yrs | 48 |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design | Master's Degree | $64,964 | +$30,077 | above HS line | $24,840 | 0.8 yrs | 48 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $58,355 | +$23,468 | clears the bar | $19,500 | 0.8 yrs | 48 |
| Agriculture, General | Bachelor's Degree | $48,0481-year earnings | +$13,161 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $17,556 | 1.3 yrs | 41 |
| Criminal Justice | Bachelor's Degree | $55,790 | +$20,903 | clears the bar | $23,362 | 1.1 yrs | 41 |
| Agricultural Business and Management | Bachelor's Degree | $58,520 | +$23,633 | clears the bar | $15,000 | 0.6 yrs | 39 |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | $53,549 | +$18,662 | clears the bar | $21,500 | 1.2 yrs | 37 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $39,280 | +$4,393 | clears the bar | $22,000 | 5.0 yrs | 35 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $63,148 | +$28,261 | clears the bar | $21,250 | 0.8 yrs | 35 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $44,405 | +$9,518 | clears the bar | $27,378 | 2.9 yrs | 32 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Bachelor's Degree | $43,4211-year earnings | +$8,534 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $16,898 | 2.0 yrs | 29 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | $51,641 | +$16,754 | above HS line | $12,900 | 0.8 yrs | 28 |
| Nursing | Master's Degree | $97,5361-year earnings | +$62,649 | above HS line (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 26 |
| Psychology | Master's Degree | $66,852 | +$31,965 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 24 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Master's Degree | $65,851 | +$30,964 | above HS line | $24,600 | 0.8 yrs | 23 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $62,261 | +$27,374 | clears the bar | $27,525 | 1.0 yrs | 23 |
| Communication Disorders | Bachelor's Degree | $50,246 | +$15,359 | clears the bar | $21,500 | 1.4 yrs | 20 |
| Communication Disorders | Master's Degree | $59,149 | +$24,262 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | $72,384 | +$37,497 | clears the bar | $26,035 | 0.7 yrs | 13 |
| Hospitality Management | Bachelor's Degree | $34,0041-year earnings | -$883 | falls short (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | $44,2611-year earnings | +$9,374 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $30,689 | 3.3 yrs | 7 |
| Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment | Associate's Degree | $62,165 | +$27,278 | clears the bar | $20,115 | 0.7 yrs | 4 |
| Research Psychology | Master's Degree | $66,097 | +$31,210 | above HS line | $36,500 | 1.2 yrs | not published |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $65,526 | +$30,639 | clears the bar | $24,000 | 0.8 yrs | not published |
| English Language and Literature/Letters, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 83 |
| Social Work | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 41 |
| Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 34 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $22,969 | not assessed | 28 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Educational Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| History | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Research Psychology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Fine Arts | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Nursing | First Professional Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Business Administration | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Biology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Communications and Media | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Industrial Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| English | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Public Relations and Advertising | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Computer and Information Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Special Education | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Physical Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Administrative and Office Support | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Business/Corporate Communications | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Computer Software and Media Applications | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Business | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Administrative and Office Support | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Sources and definitions
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid. Debt is federal loans only.
- The high-school line is ED’s state benchmark, $34,887 a year.
- Earnings not published: ED reports the program but no earnings figure, usually because too few graduates were measured. Nothing reported: ED lists the program with no figures at all. Neither is a judgement of the program.
- Debt as years of gain is median federal debt divided by how much more graduates earn per year than a typical high-school graduate. It is not a repayment time.
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